Albert Kinross

“ The eyes in the box met with more than common understanding.
"Brave old world!" said Lady Grasmere, "I'd sooner be there than in the Royal box!"
"You are not afraid of dragons?" asked Merceron, smiling into the lovely face.
"Is not the Marchioness below?" she asked; and Mrs. Hodgson laughed reproval.
"I had forgotten," said Harvey. "And yet the present has its moments," he added, bending over her with opera-cloak in hands that testified.
Together they went out into the vestibule where Hutchinson and he had stood the night before. Now he was looking for Lady Grasmere's man. ”

“ Merceron admired his enthusiasm.
"Shall we stay for the end?" asked Lady Grasmere as the conductor stepped into his place for the third act.
Harvey was more than willing. "Listening is the wiser part," he murmured, more to himself than to her. ”

“ The world had undergone considerable change during the intervening hours—belonged to him at last, as he to it. He was no longer a spectator, a sightseer, no longer aloof; he had thrown in his stake with the rest, and the game prospered. ”